ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to contribute to the ongoing discussion of multicultural co-existence by studying the case of Taiwanese living in China between 1895 and 1945. It examines the issue of multicultural co-existence and particularly its challenges from a historical and comparative point of view. The chapter also explores the implication of such boundary construction between the majority and the minority populations and reactionary strategies adopted by the minority migrant group, particularly in terms of the two general themes of this edited volume, namely state minority relations and locality universality conflicts. Due to its limited scope, this chapter focuses on the Taiwanese who had direct contact with China's legal and political authorities, focusing on the period characterized by heightened conflicts between the governments of China and Japan from 1931 to 1945.
